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Reading Room:  I'm reading "Little Heathens"  |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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MerryHeartSister
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Christy
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
USA
158 Posts |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 09 2010 : 06:48:33 AM
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Isn't it great? I just read it a week or two ago and loved it. Sometimes we think we have it so good because we don't have to work so hard and have so many conveniences, but after reading that book I'm not sure we aren't the ones who have it worse!  Judy
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2010 : 7:32:05 PM
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Since I grew up in the same era, I thought the book was a kick. But remember in those days we didn't have alternative ways of doing things. You just did what needed to be done. Put on the apron and went to work. I still wear my apron today. Iowa was a great place to grow up. Bonnie
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 9:21:43 PM
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I just finished "Little Heathens" also. What a trip down memory lane. I was born in "48, but was raised alot like Milli...right down to the little school house. Well, I was called heathen so often..thought when I was adopted that my first name was changed too. Ha.:)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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pnickols
True Blue Farmgirl
808 Posts
Patricia
Parma
Ohio
808 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2010 : 5:14:13 PM
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highlandviewpantry
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
WV
USA
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2010 : 7:54:22 PM
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I just finished this book a few weeks ago, and I liked it, too. If you liked this book, I suggest reading The Foxfire 40th Anniversary Book: Faith, Family, and the Land. It is a compilation of the Foxfire magazines. (If you've never heard of the Foxfire magazines, it is a high-school student-produced magazine that teenagers living in Appalachia created that contains stories and interviews gathered from elders in their rural Southern Appalachian community.)
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
Edited by - JessieMae on Oct 27 2010 7:55:13 PM |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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sue5901
True Blue Farmgirl
122 Posts
Sue
Wellingborough
United Kingdom
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Posted - Oct 28 2010 : 06:14:42 AM
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I read this a while ago and loved it.
JessieMae - does the foxfire book have any new stuff in it or is it a compliation from the other books - I have all of them and would love to have some 'new' bits to read.
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2010 : 10:22:18 AM
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Sue, I think it's bits and pieces from the old Foxfire books. If you've already read all the old ones, you've probably got all the stories in it already.
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Simply Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
163 Posts
WI
USA
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Posted - Oct 28 2010 : 10:40:04 AM
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I read this it was a good fast read. Picked up a few hints as how to avoid a soggie pie crust which I am looking forward to try on the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. Most of it remined me of my Grandparents, they lived so much like what was written and I remember when spending time there. Good book you will not be disapointed.
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2010 : 8:20:52 PM
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Little Heathens was a great book! Easy to read and just made me smile. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com |
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buggysmum
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Shelly
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Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 4:12:45 PM
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I loved this book so much I read it three times (and counting). I was just gearing up for a re-read! I'd love to read and discuss if anybody's interested!
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I'm reading "Little Heathens"
